Drillers working from the Okha oil platform, in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the U.S.S.R., have struck oil at a depth of 2000 metres. The 10,000 tonne platform, with a superstructure and helicopter platform, rests on three legs. It has been constructed to withstand the effects of a tsunami, a tidal wave created by an earthquake.
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Press, 13 December 1982, Page 14
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56Drillers working from the Okha oil platform, in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the U.S.S.R., have struck oil at a depth of 2000 metres. The 10,000 tonne platform, with a superstructure and helicopter platform, rests on three legs. It has been constructed to withstand the effects of a tsunami, a tidal wave created by an earthquake. Press, 13 December 1982, Page 14
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